| ASSAD | Mideast president who succeeded his father |
| EZERWEIZMAN | Mideast president who wrote "The Battle for Peace," 1981 |
| SOLOMON | Biblical king of Israel who succeeded his father David and was noted for his wisdom (7) |
| LINCOLNCHAFEE | Rhode Island senator who succeeded his father |
| OTTOII | Holy Roman emperor who succeeded his father in 973 |
| TITUS | Roman emperor 78-81AD, who succeeded his father Vespasian (5) |
| TIBERIUS | Roman emperor who succeeded his father-in-law Augustus (8) |
| JOSIAH | Biblical king of Judah who succeeded his father Amon (6) |
| ABDULLAH | King of Jordan, who succeeded his father in 1999 (8) |
| ALEXANDER | King of Macedon who succeeded his father, Philip II, in 336 BC, and went on to conquer lands including Greece, Egypt and Persia (9) |
| FELIPE | ____ VI, King of Spain who succeeded his father Juan Carlos I in 2014 (6) |
| WILLIAMRUFUS | Name given to the king of England who succeeded his father William the Conqueror (7,5) |
| AKIHITO | Emperor of Japan who succeeded his father Hirohito in 1989 (7) |
| TRAJAN | Roman emperor who succeeded his adoptive father Nerva |
| NERO | Leader who succeeded his adoptive father |
| GEORGEVI | King who succeeded his brother, Edward VIII, after his abdication |
| PRIAM | In Greek mythology, he is the last king of Troy. He succeeded his father, Laomedon, and extended Troy's dominion. In All's Well That Ends Well (act 1, scene 3), Lavatch says, "Why the Grecians sacked |
| JORDAN | In 1999, Prince Abdullah succeeded his father as king of which country? (6) |
| EMPEROR | Naruhito succeeded his father Akihito in 2019 as this in Japan (7) |
| ISMAELGUELLEH | What is the first and last name of the president of Djibouti who succeeded his uncle, Hassan Gouled |
